Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-31
a NIGHT OF TERROR.
The Awful Fate of Some Fifty persons

HoItheaSt OF Two Rivers Point. Captain
Heron, OF the schooner John Wesley
winch arrived here this evening, reports
seeing some wreckage off Two River Point
at 8 o'clock this morning, and also passef
lot of wreckage until six miles south ot
this place.
ALL DOUBTS DIsPELLED
The master of the schooner Phoenix saw;
he passed white painted boards this after.
noon six miles south of here, but could no,
distinguish what vessel they came from
However, all doubts were set at rest this
afternoon when tug picked up a pilot
house with the name Vernon" on ii. and
hive llfe-preServers, off Two Rivers. OWNS
to this fact, probably not a soul of the
twenty-five or thirty people aboard were
saved.
THE CAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE DISASTER
Will probably remain a mystery forever
1t IS quite believed here that not a single
soul has survived, as it would be impos-
slble for any person to live in such a sea
and exposed to the intense cold that pre-
vailed on the night of the wreck. Many
relatives OF those on board came here on
the propeller Lawrence this morning to OBJ
tain all particulars possible concerning the
lost. All places where information would
likely be obtained were visited. The news
was OF the most discouraging nature, and
they abandoned all hope OF ever seeing
their friends and relations who were on
board
1t is reported to night that Boiler In.
spectors Reed and Fitzgerald. of Milyau.
kee, were on board the ill-fated propeller
and are undoubtedly among the lost.
NO BODIES YET FOUND.
a patrol of the life saving crew at Two
Rivers was kept on duty all night, but uu
10 the last report no bodies had been found
Inc captain OF the steamer Lawrence esti.
mates the number of people on the ill-fated
vessel at about fifty persons.
ANOTHER POSSIBLE WRECK.
The steam barge Burroughs, of Milwau-
kee, is overdue, and many anxious inqui-
rles are received as to her whereabouts.
FRIGHrFUL STORM. 1858
The Captain ofthe life saving crew at Two
Rivers, Wis, describes the storm as the
worst ever seen by him on the lake. The
waves rose to a hight of thirty or forty
feet. The first information received by
hlm was from this mornings papers, al
though the wreck is supposed to have taken
place within seven miles of Two Rivers.
IL Is his impression that no one has sur
vived the wreck.
1T WAS BITTER COLD ON THE LAKE,
He said, ~ and a person couldn't have stood
the exposure over night The spray DASH
ing over the men clinging to the wreckage
must have frozen as it fell, and completely
encased the unfortunates, if indeed thew
held on long enough TO permit such a
thing. My impression, he said, "is that
they are all at the bottom of the lake."
A CHASTITY SIGHT.
Captain Hawkins, of the schooner Will
lam Home, arriving in Milwaukee this
morning, reports passing three dead bodies
on Saturday afternoon, about six miles
southwest of Manitowoc One body was
that OF woman. with long, black hair.
She had life-preserver on. The other two
bodies were those of men.
HoFING AGAINST HOPE.
CHICAGO, October 3Oth.-The managers
of the line regarded the Vernon as a stanch
boat, and say that if headed to the storm
she should have been able to stand any
kind of weather.
Captain John Prindiville, brother-in- law
OF one of the mates, says the Vernon had
four good boats, and that some of the crew
ought to have been able to make landing
IN them. He is confident some of the
survivors will turn up yet.
Men of Peace.
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WASHINGTON, October 30th-[Special. i
Tomorrow Andrew Carnegie, of Pittsburg.
Will introduce to the President Sir J. Swim
burn, Chairman OF the committee of the
British Parliament, and his associates. who
advocate the adoption of arbitration as the
means of settling all disputes that NAV
arise between the United States and Great
Britain.
Californians in Washington.
icopy{ght. 1887, by ae California associated Press.
WASHINGTON, October 3Oth--[Special. j
Mr.. and Mss. J. Henley Smith, of San
Francisco, have just returned from a sum-
mer sojourn in Norway and Sweden. They
will be the guests, during their stav in
Washington, of Captain John Mullan and
wife. John F. Swift, of California. dined
with Justice Field this morning.
senator Stewards Residence.
lcopy7gt. 1887, by the California 4ssoc;atcd Pres
WASHINGTON, October 3Oth.-Mrs. Bessie
Hooker Senator Stewards daughter, has
rented Tor her father a house on Rhode
Island Avenue, in the northwestern part of
the city, for the session of Congress.
Turbulent Meeting.
New York, October 30th.-The Central
Labor Union to-day had another turbulent
meeting. The Henry George men and the
Socialists called each other fools
" loafers" and liars and there were
several free fights. The Chairman ex-
PEELED two members for the session, but it
took nearly an hour to get the offensive
ones out of the door. At last communi-
cation was read from the Federated Trades
Unions, proposing that general strike
should take place on November 1st in case
the Chicago Anarchists were executed. 1t
was referred to committee and the meet
ing adjourned.
Irish Orators in Iowa,
Dies MoIYEs, October Both. Arthur
OConnor, M. p, and Sir Thomas Grattan
Esmonde, Nj. r. arrived here to-day and
were met by large delegation of represent
alive Irish citizens. Tonight they ad-
dressed a great mass meeting, including
delegations from several Iowa cities. on the
subject of home-rule for Ireland. Gov
ernor Larrabee presided, and great en-
thuSiasm prevailed. A cablegram of sym-
pathy and support was order to be sent to
Parnell.
Threatening Prairie Fire.
DAYTON (O., October 30th.-Huffman's
prairie, eight miles east of here. a bogpv
tract of some two thousand acres. parched
out by the four months drought, caught
fire from passing locomotive this morn
ing and now half mile square is roar
ing mass OF flames, and the dense smoke
is driven by steady east wind towards
dwellings and a number of farm buildings
which are mile away, and which NAV be
saved by plowinga wide swath across the
prairie.
More Railroad Talk.
IsHPKMING (Mich.j, October 30th.-Tbe
Northern Pacific, Duluth, South Shore and
Atlantic, Michigan Central, New York Cen
trail and Hudson River Railroads have
formed an alliance, offensive and defensive,
and will constitute through line from the
Pacific to the Atlantic as soon as the Du-
luth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway ex-
tension is completed, which will be about
January 1st.
Secretary whitney's Condition.
NEW YORK, October 30th.-Secretary of
the Navy Whitney spent the day quietly at
his home in this city. DR.. Loonis called
to see him in the morning and pronounced
him better, but repeated his order for him
to keep absolutely quiet for several days.
Carlisle in Danger.
WAsHINGToS, October 30th.-A brief for
George II. Thobe contestant against Hon.